J. C. Watts Hard Quotations

The more we try to catch hold of the present moment the more elusive it becomes. It is like trying to clutch water in ones hands. The harder we grip, the more it slips through our fingers.

Individual responsibility, hard work, paying attention in school, faith, family all these things are important.

I am happy to say that after many years of hard work on promoting external defibrillators, the House of Representatives will vote on legislation on Tuesday to help save the lives of cardiac arrest victims.

This place turns into a wild scene. It's hard to find a seat.

Winning's a difficult thing to start for a program that has lost a lot in recent years. It's hard to break tradition and hopefully we'll accomplish that soon. We need to bring our practice ethics to the game.

It's a good day. A lot of convictions and a lot of hard fighting on both sides, but I believe with every ounce of my being that we did the right thing today. Nobody apologizes for where we're headed.

It turns out that when you let people know what other people think, the popular things become more popular. But at the same time, it becomes harder to predict what will be popular.